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Choctaw City, aka Arkinda, of Little River County, Arkansas
Today, you'll have to WANT to go to Arkinda to get to Arkinda, formerly known as Choctaw City in Little River County, Arkansas.
Robin Cole-Jett
3 days ago
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The De Fatta Grocery Store in Shreveport
How the Interstate obliterated a vintage Shreveport scene of the De Fatta grocery store, shot gun shacks, and hot tamale vendors.
Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 9
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Destructive... I mean, Disruptive Innovation: A Photo Essay.
In 1995, a business consultant introduced "disruptive innovation" which has become, for people like us "destructive innovation" instead.
Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 9
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The Trinity River at Dallas
Whether you're driving south or north over Interstate 35E to pass by downtown Dallas, poor you, you'll eventually cross the Trinity River.
Robin Cole-Jett
Mar 3
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Random horrors like they're everyday things
In the margins in historic newspapers, reports act as if random horrors of racism and misogyny are everyday things.
Robin Cole-Jett
Feb 1
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A Rant about Loops and Bypasses
I'm here to rant that loop highways and bypasses are stupid ideas.
Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 31, 2024
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The Gordon Country Club of Paris
The railroad leased a portion of the land to the Gordon Country Club outside of Paris, making it the first of its kind in northeast Texas.
Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 27, 2024
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The Power of Maps
Color your own power maps from 1601 and 1478!
Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 21, 2024
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Josiah Gregg and the Prairie Dogs
In his 1844 journal of his trading expeditions to Santa Fe, Josiah Gregg devoted at least four pages to the prairie dog.
Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 21, 2024
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Forgotten Hickory at Hickory Creek in Denton County
Hickory Creek in Denton County, Texas may be named for Hickory, a much older settlement that history has forgotten.
Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 9, 2024
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The Depot at Pilot Point
The Texas & Pacific Railway Depot in Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas was abandoned in 1961 and put up for sale in 1964.
Robin Cole-Jett
Dec 1, 2024
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A Belgian Map from 1825 of the Red River, with Questions
This Belgian Map from 1825 of the Red River of the South leaves more questions than answers.
Robin Cole-Jett
Nov 23, 2024
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The Interurban that wasn't, but the Report that was
An unpublished and undated engineer's report details a plan to connect McKinney to Paris with an interurban railway.
Robin Cole-Jett
Nov 13, 2024
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Congressional Papers of the Louisiana Territories
The Louisiana Purchase gave way to five territories along the Red River. Here are links to some of the congressional papers.
Robin Cole-Jett
Nov 10, 2024
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No Man's Land, AKA the Disputed Territory
Until the 1830s, the Disputed Territory along the Red River, where Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana meet, was a "no man's land."
Robin Cole-Jett
Nov 3, 2024
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The Sulphur Fork Factory
From 1817 to 1822, the "Sulphur Fork Factory" stood at the confluence of the Sulphur into the Red River in today's Miller County, Arkansas.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 30, 2024
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The Fort Bird Treaty of 1842
After the Battle of Village Creek, the Republic of Texas signed the Fort Bird Treaty of 1842.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 24, 2024
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The Oldest Church in Louisiana
St. Anne's Church in Natchitoches Parish may be the church with the oldest congregation in the state of Louisiana.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 17, 2024
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Thousands of Mounds, or: Red River Acne
What are these "earth pimples" (acne!) as some researchers have described the circular mounds that appear in all over the Red River Valley?
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 12, 2024
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The Red River, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819
A lot of shenanigans and the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 established the Red River as the southern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
Robin Cole-Jett
Oct 2, 2024
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